{"title":"Synthesis, crystal structure and thermal reactivity of diaquadithiocyanatobis(pyridine-4-carbonitrile)cobalt(II)","authors":"Christian Näther","doi":"10.1107/S2056989026007371","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2056989026007371","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The title compound, [Co(NCS)<sub>2</sub>(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>N<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>], is isotypic to its Ni analog and to one of the two modifications of Mn(NCS)<sub>2</sub>(4-cyanopyridine)(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub> reported recently [Näther (2026<span><span>#</span></span>). <em>Acta Cryst.</em> E<strong>82</strong>, 441–445 and Wellm <em>et al.</em> (2020<span><span>#</span></span>). <em>Cryst. Growth Des.</em><strong>20</strong>, 3374–3385]. Its asymmetric unit is built up of one cobalt cation that occupies a center of inversion, one thiocyanate anion, one neutral 4-cyanopyridine coligand and one water molecule that are located in general positions. The metal cations are sixfold coordinated by two terminally N-bonding thiocyanate anions, two water molecules and two 4-cyanopyridine coligands within a slightly distorted octahedral geometry. The discrete complexes are linked by intermolecular O—H⋯S hydrogen bonding into layers that condense into a three-dimensional network <em>via</em> weak C—H⋯N interactions. Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) proves that a pure sample has been obtained. Thermogravimetric measurements reveal that the title compound decomposes in different steps, in which compounds with the composition Co(NCS)<sub>2</sub>(4-cyanopyridine)<sub>2</sub> and Co(NCS)<sub>2</sub>(4-cyanopyridine) are formed as intermediates, which are not isotypic to the corresponding Mn compounds already reported in the literature [Wellm <em>et al.</em> (2020<span><span>#</span></span>). <em>Cryst. Growth Des.</em><strong>20</strong>, 3374–3385].</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7367,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications","volume":"82 8","pages":"Pages 952-956"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148683205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hajar Ouabane, Chiara Massera, Walid Guerrab, Abdulsalam Alsubari, Joel T. Mague, Youssef Ramli
{"title":"Synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 2-(2,5-dioxo-4,4-diphenylimidazolidin-1-yl)-N-(4-fluorophenyl)acetamide (phenytoin analog)","authors":"Hajar Ouabane, Chiara Massera, Walid Guerrab, Abdulsalam Alsubari, Joel T. Mague, Youssef Ramli","doi":"10.1107/S2056989026006201","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2056989026006201","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The title phenytoin analog 2-(2,5-dioxo-4,4-diphenylimidazolidin-1-yl)-<em>N</em>-(4-fluorophenyl)acetamide, C<sub>23</sub>H<sub>18</sub>FN<sub>3</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, was synthesized by alkylation of phenytoin with 2-chloro-<em>N</em>-(4-fluorophenyl)acetamide under phase-transfer catalysis conditions and crystallized as colorless blocks in the monoclinic space group <em>P</em>2<sub>1</sub>/<em>c</em>. In the molecular structure, the imidazolidine ring shows a slight departure from planarity, adopting a twist conformation, while the two phenyl substituents are markedly inclined to the mean plane of the heterocyclic ring. The <em>N</em>-substituted 4-fluorophenylacetamide fragment projects away from the imidazolidine core, with its conformation partly consolidated by an intramolecular C—H⋯O contact. In the crystal packing, pairs of inversion-related molecules are linked through N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds to form dimers, which are further connected by additional N—H⋯O interactions into layers extending parallel to the <em>bc</em> plane. These layers stack along the <em>a</em>-axis direction through normal van der Waals contacts. Hirshfeld surface analysis was used to quantify the intermolecular interactions, showing that H⋯H contacts give the largest contribution to the crystal packing, followed by C⋯H/H⋯C and O⋯H/H⋯O contacts, the latter being associated with the classical N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. F⋯H/H⋯F interactions also contribute to the packing, mainly through contacts between adjacent molecular layers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7367,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications","volume":"82 7","pages":"Pages 840-844"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148389445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Imane Maimoune, Abderrazzak El Moutaouakil Ala Allah, Benson M. Kariuki, Abdulsalam Alsubari, Joel T. Mague, Abdelkader Zarrouk, Youssef Ramli
{"title":"Synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-2-morpholinoacetamide, a Lidocaine analog","authors":"Imane Maimoune, Abderrazzak El Moutaouakil Ala Allah, Benson M. Kariuki, Abdulsalam Alsubari, Joel T. Mague, Abdelkader Zarrouk, Youssef Ramli","doi":"10.1107/S2056989026006043","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2056989026006043","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the title molecule, C<sub>14</sub>H<sub>20</sub>N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>, the dihedral angle between the mean plane of the phenyl ring and that defined by the <em>ipso</em>-C—NH—(C= O)—CH<sub>2</sub>— unit is 66.59 (11)°. The morpholine unit adopts a chair conformation. In the crystal, N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C—H⋯π(ring) interactions form chains extending along the <em>b</em>-axis direction. A Hirshfeld surface analysis showed H⋯H contacts to constitute nearly 70% of the intermolecular contacts in the crystal.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7367,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications","volume":"82 7","pages":"Pages 829-833"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148389475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Schwarte, Swantje Warf, Martin Reichelt, Hans Reuter
{"title":"From an unusual organotin(IV) coordination compound to the first ionic organic–inorganic mixed-valent tin(IV)–tin(II) compound","authors":"Daniel Schwarte, Swantje Warf, Martin Reichelt, Hans Reuter","doi":"10.1107/S2056989026006596","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2056989026006596","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the search for complexes of the monoorganotin(IV) triiodides, <em>R</em>SnI<sub>3</sub>, with Lewis bases, LB, a 1:3 complex was was obtained for the first time in the case of isopropyltin(IV) triiodide, <sup><em>i</em></sup>PrSnI<sub>3</sub>, and LB = pyridine-<em>N</em>-oxide, PyNO. The compound, diiodido(isopropyl)tris(pyridine <em>N</em>-oxide)tin(III) iodide, [Sn(C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>7</sub>)I<sub>2</sub>(C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>5</sub>NO)<sub>3</sub>]I, has an ionic structure and consists of a previously unknown [<sup><em>i</em></sup>PrSn(pyNO)<sub>3</sub>]<sup>+</sup> and an isolated I<sup>−</sup> ion. The novel cation exhibits a facial arrangement of the PyNO molecules and a <em>cis</em> arrangement of the iodine atoms. In CDCl<sub>3</sub>, over the course of several weeks, this compound gives rise to a new, second compound, also of ionic structure, containing an triiodidostannate(II) ion, [SnI<sub>3</sub>]<sup>−</sup>, and a solvent molecule in addition to the already known cation, namely, diiodido(isopropyl)tris(pyridine <em>N</em>-oxide)tin(IV) triiodidostannate(II) deuterochloroform monosolvate, [Sn(C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>7</sub>)I<sub>2</sub>(C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>5</sub>NO)<sub>3</sub>][SnI<sub>3</sub>]·CDCl<sub>3</sub>. The anion exhibits a trigonal–pyramidal structure in order to achieve a stable electron octet at the divalent tin atom but is associated in the crystal <em>via</em> tetrel bonds into one-dimensional chains in which the tin atoms exhibit a 3<sub>3</sub>-aaa coordination mode.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7367,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications","volume":"82 7","pages":"Pages 888-892"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148389719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis and crystal structure determination of aluminium hydroxide methanesulfonate, Al(OH)(CH3SO3)2","authors":"Eric Gabilondo, P. Shiv Halasyamani","doi":"10.1107/S2056989026005578","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2056989026005578","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>catena</em>-Poly[aluminium(III)-μ-hydroxido-κ<sup>2</sup><em>O</em>:<em>O</em>-di-μ-methanesulfonato-κ<sup>4</sup><em>O</em>:<em>O</em>′], [Al(OH)(CH<sub>3</sub>SO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub><em>n</em></sub>, was prepared by mild hydrothermal synthesis at 523 K and crystallizes as millimetre-sized clear and colourless needles. The asymmetric unit contains half of the repeating structure, one-dimensional (AlO<sub>6</sub>)<sub>∞</sub> chains corner sharing through the axial hydroxyl group with a bend of ∼137<sup>ο</sup>. The extended structure shows the chains are connected through weak methyl–hydrogen bonding in the [001] direction and strong hydroxyl–hydrogen bonding in the [100] direction. This is the second aluminium-based methanesulfonate salt reported to date.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7367,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications","volume":"82 7","pages":"Pages 760-763"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148389802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob K. Salazar, James A. Kaduk, Anja Dosen, Thomas N. Blanton
{"title":"Crystal structure of clofarabine (form I), C10H11ClFN5O3, from synchrotron power diffraction data and density functional theory calculations","authors":"Jacob K. Salazar, James A. Kaduk, Anja Dosen, Thomas N. Blanton","doi":"10.1107/S2056989026006584","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2056989026006584","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The crystal structure of clofarabine (form I) [systematic name: 2-chloro-9-(2-deoxy-2-fluoro-β-<span>d</span>-arabinofuranosyl)-9<em>H</em>-purin-6-amine], C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>11</sub>ClFN<sub>5</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, has been solved and refined using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data, and optimized using density functional theory techniques. The oxolane ring adopts an envelope conformation and the angle between the mean ring planes is 88.4 (2)°, resulting in an <span>l</span>-shaped molecule. The molecules stack along the short <em>a</em>-axis direction, and N—H⋯O, O—H⋯N and N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds link them into a three-dimensional network.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7367,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications","volume":"82 7","pages":"Pages 883-887"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148389669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lukas Brüning, Georg Krach, Pascal Lennert Jurzick, Wolfgang Schnick, Maxim Bykov
{"title":"Synthesis and crystal structure of γ-SrNCN at 38 GPa","authors":"Lukas Brüning, Georg Krach, Pascal Lennert Jurzick, Wolfgang Schnick, Maxim Bykov","doi":"10.1107/S2056989026006080","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2056989026006080","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>γ</em>-Strontium carbodiimide, γ-SrNCN, was synthesized from a mixture of strontium subnitride (Sr<sub>2</sub>N) and tetracyanoethylene (C<sub>6</sub>N<sub>4</sub>) at 38 (3) GPa in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell. Its crystal structure was solved and refined using synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The new polymorph crystallizes in space group <em>I</em>4/<em>mcm</em> (No. 140), where the Sr<sup>2+</sup> and NCN<sup>2−</sup> packing can be derived from the CsCl (B2) structure type. <em>γ</em>-SrNCN (<em>tI</em>16-SrNCN) is isostructural to <em>tI</em>16-BaNCN and represents the first high-pressure polymorph of SrNCN.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7367,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications","volume":"82 7","pages":"Pages 764-767"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148389765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new supramolecular cobalt(II) complex based on 1,10-phenanthroline and 4-nitrophthalate ligands","authors":"Naima Karimova, Maftuna Primkulova, Lidiya Izotova, Gulvar Muqumova, Jabbor Suyunov, Nurmuhammad Boltayev","doi":"10.1107/S2056989026006419","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2056989026006419","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The title compound, bis(μ-2-carboxy-4-nitrobenzoato-κ<sup>2</sup><em>O</em><sup>1</sup>:<em>O</em><sup>1′</sup>)bis[bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ<sup>2</sup><em>N</em>,<em>N</em>′)cobalt(II)] bis(2-carboxy-4-nitrobenzoate) tetrahydrate, [Co<sub>2</sub>(C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>4</sub>NO<sub>6</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>8</sub>N<sub>2</sub>)<sub>4</sub>](C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>4</sub>NO<sub>6</sub>)<sub>2</sub>·4H<sub>2</sub>O, comprises a centrosymmetric dinuclear cobalt(II) complex dication, two hydrogen 4-nitrophthalate anions and four water molecules of crystallization. The two Co<sup>II</sup> atoms are linked by two μ-hydrogen 4-nitrophthalato ligands, generating a centrosymmetric dinuclear unit. Each cobalt(II) centre adopts a distorted octahedral coordination geometry defined by four N atoms from two chelating 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and two O atoms from two symmetry-related bridging hydrogen 4-nitrophthalate ligands. In the crystal, O—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the ionic components into a three-dimensional supramolecular framework, which is further reinforced by aromatic π–π stacking interactions between neighbouring phenanthroline and hydrogen 4-nitrophthalate rings, with centroid-to-centroid separations ranging from 3.501 (5) to 3.687 (4) Å. Hirshfeld surface analysis shows that O⋯H/H⋯O contacts make the largest contribution (38.1%) to the crystal packing, confirming the dominant role of hydrogen bonding in consolidating the crystal structure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7367,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications","volume":"82 7","pages":"Pages 862-865"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148389646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob K. Salazar, James A. Kaduk, Anja Dosen, Thomas N. Blanton
{"title":"Crystal structure of the (1R,2S,5R) diastereomer of acoltremon, C18H27NO2, from synchrotron powder diffraction data and density functional theory calculations","authors":"Jacob K. Salazar, James A. Kaduk, Anja Dosen, Thomas N. Blanton","doi":"10.1107/S2056989026006572","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2056989026006572","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The crystal structure of the (1<em>R</em>,2<em>S</em>,5<em>R</em>) diastereomer of acoltremon [systematic name: (1<em>R</em>,2<em>S</em>,5<em>R</em>)-2-isopropyl-<em>N</em>-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-methylcyclohexane-1-carboxamide], C<sub>18</sub>H<sub>27</sub>NO<sub>2</sub>, has been solved and refined using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data, and optimized using density functional theory techniques. Acoltremon crystallizes in space group <em>P2<sub>1</sub>2<sub>1</sub>2<sub>1</sub></em> and the crystal structure consists of corrugated layers lying parallel to the <em>bc</em> plane. N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into chains propagating along the <em>a</em>-axis direction, with graph-set descriptor <em>C</em><sup>1</sup><sub>1</sub>(4).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7367,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications","volume":"82 7","pages":"Pages 877-882"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148389732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Khaleel Ahmed, H. C. Devarajegowda, B. Bommalingaiah, G. N. Venkatareddy, H. T. Srinivasa, B. S. Palakshamurthy
{"title":"Synthesis and structure of 4-[(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorophenoxy)carbonyl]phenyl 4-(tetradecyloxy)benzoate","authors":"Khaleel Ahmed, H. C. Devarajegowda, B. Bommalingaiah, G. N. Venkatareddy, H. T. Srinivasa, B. S. Palakshamurthy","doi":"10.1107/S2056989026006213","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2056989026006213","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the title molecule, C<sub>34</sub>H<sub>37</sub>F<sub>5</sub>O<sub>5</sub>, the dihedral angles between the central carbonylphenyl and adjacent perfluorophenoxy and (tetradecyloxy)benzoate rings are 74.19 (2) and 67.86 (2)°, respectively and the tetradecyl chain adopts an extended conformation. In the crystal, the molecules are linked by C—H⋯O and C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds, forming <em>C</em>(7) and <em>C</em>(10) chains, respectively, both running infinitely along [010]. The Hirshfeld surface analysis reveals that the major contributions to the two dimensional fingerprint plots are from H⋯H (49.4%), F⋯H/H⋯F (16.7%) and O⋯H/H⋯O (9.0%) contacts. An intermolecular interaction energy calculation shows that dispersion energy contributes the most to the consolidation of the structure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7367,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications","volume":"82 7","pages":"Pages 858-861"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148389723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}